[fusslo]

That's an insane amount of work. An amazing adventure and a saint of a wife!

I'm wondering if there'll be any follow up:

Thats a lot of metal in the engine oil. Whats the source? is there a fix? or is it just 'breaking in' a new motor?

Did he ever solve the overheating problems?

Did he ever finish the headlights and other small items?

and now what does he do with all the duplicate/spare parts?

I've done a couple extremely high stress road trips, so I fully empathize with him passing out every time he had to pull over. What a fun read; I love these ultra-long-form articles.

[robbak]

From what I've seen of break-in oil, this books typical. Especially as what he did on that trip is everything you should not do to a freshly built engine.